Kitchen Garden Thoughts
27 November 2009 by
Jean Johnson
Healthy, thrifty, delicious, and green. That's the whole point behind measure free. The idea that if we quit being slaves to paint-by-numbers recipes we'll be likely to cook more, eat well, be healthy, and save a bundle on the food bill. So at the end of the day, it's not ...
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3 November 2009 by
Jean Johnson
Once you discover fresh local produce, there's no going back. But the problem for me has always been the spendy price tags at farmers markets. I solved it by growing my own and here's a snippet of this year's harvest.
Kitchen gardens aren't everyone's cup of tea, of course. So Bion ...
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1 February 2009 by
Jean Johnson
This blog hasn't been too interactive so far. Instead people tend to email me directly. That's nice. Whatever works.
Here's one I just got from Bob, friend in Northern Arizona, who has grown a four-season organic garden for years with his wife, Beth:
Decoys full Love in the Afternoon the ...
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15 August 2008 by
Jean Johnson
Longtime family friend Matt Loggins was here over the weekend so we grilled. It was such a snap.
Son of the Mask the movie
I brined the shrimp for a half hour, made a salad out of leftover quinoa, garden lettuces, onion, and cashew cilantro pesto.
Other than that it was just making ...
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8 August 2008 by
Jean Johnson
Space Cowboys release
Flirting with Disaster buy High Noon release
New World Order the movie
There's a reason we all love carrots. They're sweet and flavorful. Especially fresh carrots.
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This time of year carrots shredded on the fine grate swish themselves into garden salads as ...
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25 July 2008 by
Jean Johnson
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High Noon ripLinda's my new pal. She knows about computers and business and such. So what could I do when she arrived once again to help the cause, but offer a munch.
The Glimmer Man full It was mainly leftovers that took me 15 minutes to pull together. Mahi mahi (because ...
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6 June 2008 by
Jean Johnson
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Once again, I have to credit the farmers' market vendors for getting me hip to green garlic. And once again, now I'm growing my own. You plant garlic in the fall, and ...
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30 May 2008 by
Jean Johnson
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Later in the season when fava beans are more mature, it does pay to shuck them not only out of their white velvet pods but also out of their individual shells. Now, though, favas go great to the table easily once removed three or four at a time ...
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16 May 2008 by
Jean Johnson
No less than fava beans (broadbeans) help illustrate how lovely getting one's vegetables in the spring can be. When mature, favas are a half foot long and the beans within the pods need double shucking to remove tough coats. But now favas are smaller than peapods and so tender ...
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18 April 2008 by
Jean Johnson
If you've got a clump of chives by your back door, you'll know that it's chive season. Perfect green spearlets of mild, oniony flavor. None of the yellow tips that appear later in the season when the plants grow thirsty.
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The Horsemen movies Quest For Fire buy
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